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Don Marquis
(29 Jul 1878 - 29 Dec 1937)
American writer of novels, short stories, poems, newspaper columns and plays.
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Science Quotes by Don Marquis (4 quotes)
An idea isn’t responsible for the people who believe in it.
— Don Marquis
Column, 'The Sun Dial', New York Sun (1918?). Cited in Bill Swainson, Encarta Book of Quotations (2000), 613.
Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun.
— Don Marquis
Attributed. Widely seen, but without citation. An early example of the aphorism, stated without naming Marquis, is in Southwestern Medicine (Oct 1920). 4, No. 10, 4. If you know the primary source, please contact Webmaster.
Science has always been too dignified to invent a good back-scratcher.
— Don Marquis
In Edward Anthony, O Rare Don Marquis (1962), 354.
The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.
— Don Marquis
Attributed. Seen in several collections of quotations, without citation, for example in Evan Esar, 20,000 Quips & Quotes (1968, 1995), 399. If you know the primary source, contact Webmaster.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
(1987) -- 
